Associations to the word «Odal»

Wiktionary

ODAL, noun. (legal) (historical) Among the early and medieval Teutonic peoples, especially Scandinavians, the heritable land held by the various odalmen constituting a family or kindred of freeborn tribesmen.
ODAL, noun. The ownership of such land.
ODAL, adjective. Of or relating to odal land.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats